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SpaceX Closes In On Cause of Falcon 9 Launch Pad Disaster

SpaceX Closes In On Cause of Falcon 9 Launch Pad Disaster

With the highly anticipated introduction of its next generation super heavy lift launch system just days away, SpaceX has shed a little more light on what went badly wrong with its current Falcon 9 workhorse during pre-launch preparations for the Amos-6 satellite mission three weeks ago. In an anomaly update posted to its website on […]

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SpaceX Suffers Major Explosion at Cape Canaveral – Update 2

SpaceX Suffers Major Explosion at Cape Canaveral – Update 2

  Update: SpaceX has provided a statement regarding today’s incident. “SpaceX can confirm that in preparation for today’s static fire, there was an anomaly on the pad resulting in the loss of the vehicle and its payload. Per standard procedure, the pad was clear and there were no injuries.” Notably, a close reading of the […]

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